The Hangover Films

Each week, Vanity Fair’s fashion editors pick the best from what’s in stores, from high to low. Today, Fashion Market Director Michael Carl shares his picks. Follow Michael on Twitter at @carlscrush.

I think we all know what a hangover movie is: it's the movie you want to watch on a Sunday afternoon when nursing a crushing hangover, the type of movie that distracts you from the fact that you are not going to the gym or productively enjoying a lovely day, and keeps you from remembering what inappropriate things you did the night before. Most of us have experienced this sort of hangover at one point or another in our drinking careers, hence we all know that the perfect hangover movie has to be truly comforting and mindless. In order to come up with my list, I enlisted the biggest drunks and ex-drunks I know. The responses came back quickly and decisively (everyone took the assignment very seriously) and within an hour I had a list of more than 100 movies. There were about 10 that seemed to top everyone's list, including my own. I would recommend not going out too late on New Year's Eve, waking up on the early side, and starting the new year fresh. But since we all know you are not going to do that, do yourself a favor and download some of these movies in advance and deal with your hangover the right way.

SIDE NOTE: Besides hangover movies, a really great TV show is also a perfect way to spend the day. Shameless is the perfect boxed set for this occasion; the show is amazing, and once you start you will not be able to stop. I have been up till three a.m. a few times watching this show, prompting me to write to Emmy Rossum (a friend), “Jesus Christ Emmy, you are so good, but when you are bad you are so so bad.” Shameless Season One kicks ass, I promise.

BONUS: On New Years Eve day, we will be holding a Google+ hangout at 2:30 ET with @bagsnob, @oscarprgirl , @thecorybond, and special guest star @emmyrossum. You can tweet us questions about the movies and tweet your own personal choices for best hangover movies of all time, please submit questions and hangover favorites to me @carlscrush with #thelunchbunch.